List of public art in Edinburgh

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This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh, including statues and other sculptures.

Calton Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Monument to John Playfair	Calton Hill	1825-6	William Henry Playfair	Square-plan Greek Doric monument	Polished ashlar		Category A-listed
	Monument to Dugald Stewart	Calton Hill	1831	William Henry Playfair	Circular Greek-revival Corinthian monument	Polished ashlar		Category A-listed	Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.
	Monument to Robert Burns	Regent Road, Calton Hill	1831-9	Thomas Hamilton	Circular Greek-revival Corinthian monument	Ashlar sandstone		Category A-listed	Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens.
	Political Martyrs' Monument	Old Calton Cemetery	1844	Thomas Hamilton	Obelisk			Category A-listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground)
	Scottish-American Soldiers' Monument	Old Calton Cemetery	1893	George Edwin Bissell	Statue with subsidiary sculpture	Bronze figures on red granite pedestal		Category A-listed (as part of Old Calton Burial Ground)
	Stones of Scotland Circle	Regent Road Park	2002	George Wyllie et al	Circle of 32 stone slabs/rocks set in white stone chippings	Stone			Commemorates the rebirth of the Scottish Parliament

Colinton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Covenanters’ Memorial	Redford Road	Erected 1885. Stonework 1738	William Adam (architect of Old Royal Infirmary (1738))	Commemorative column	Stone		Category B-listed	Column formed from 4 engaged Ionic columns from frontispiece of demolished Old Royal Infirmary.
	Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson	Dell Road, Colinton	2013	Alan Herriot	Statue	Bronze		—
	Memorial to Army pipers killed in conflict	Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming, Redford Barracks	2013	Alan Herriot	Statue	Bronze		—

Corstorphine

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Alan Breck Stewart & David Balfour. Characters from Kidnapped	Corstorphine Road	2004	Alexander Stoddart	Statue pair	Bronze figures. Sandstone pedestal			Unveiled by Sir Sean Connery

Craigentinny

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Mausoleum of William Henry Miller	Craigentinny Crescent	1848–56	David Rhind (architect); Alfred Gatley (reliefs)	Mausoleum with bas-relief sculpture			Category A-listed

Inverleith

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Monument to Carl Linnaeus	Chilean Area, Royal Botanic Garden	1778–9	Robert Adam (architect)	Urn on pedestal			Category A-listed
	Ascending Form (Gloria)	Royal Botanic Garden	1958	Barbara Hepworth	Sculpture	Bronze
	Rock Form (Porthcurno)	Royal Botanic Garden	1964	Barbara Hepworth	Sculpture	Bronze
	Umbra solis	Royal Botanic Garden	1975	Ian Hamilton Finlay and Michael Harvey	Sundial	Slate
	Slate, Hole, Wall	Royal Botanic Garden	1990	Andy Goldsworthy (artist) Joe Smith (waller)	Sculpture	Cumbrian slate
	Cone	Royal Botanic Garden	1990	Andy Goldsworthy	Sculpture	Ballachulish slate
	Untitled	Royal Botanic Garden	1995	Alan Johnston	Sculpture				Made for the exhibition Haus Wittgenstein / Inverleith House.
	East Gates	Royal Botanic Garden	1996	Benjamin Tindall (architect) Alan Dawson (blacksmith)	Gates	Stainless steel

Leith

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Robert Burns	Junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street	1897–1901	David Watson Stevenson	Statue	Bronze (statue and reliefs), red granite and red sandstone (pedestal)		Category B-listed	Unveiled 15 October 1898; additional panels unveiled 7 March 1901.
	Queen Victoria	Foot of Leith Walk	1907	John Stevenson Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue, reliefs and plaques), granite (pedestal)		Category B-listed
	King Edward VII	Trinity Park, Newhaven Road	1914	John Stevenson Rhind	Statue	Bronze statue. Stone pedestal		Category B-listed	Erected by Leith Town Council

New Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun	Forecourt of the Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square	1829	Thomas Campbell	Sculptural group (with horse)	Bronze group and pedestal on granite plinth		Category A-listed
	Monument to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville	St Andrew Square	1817–23 (column) 1822–7 (statue)	Robert Forrest after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue on Doric column	Bronze statue on cream sandstone column		Category A-listed	Architect: William Burn
	George IV	Junction of George Street and Hanover Street	1825–31	Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal		Category A-listed	Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
	William Pitt the Younger	Junction of George Street and Frederick Street	1831–3	Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal		Category A-listed
	Memorial to Albert, Prince Consort	Charlotte Square	1862–76	Sir John Steell et al.	Equestrian statue with other sculptures	Bronze (statues and reliefs); Peterhead granite (pedestal)		Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.
	Monument to Catherine Sinclair	Corner of North Charlotte Street / St Colme Street	1866–8	John Rhind	Gothic monument, Eleanor cross type	Cream sandstone		Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.
	Thomas Chalmers	Junction of George Street and Castle Street	1869–78	Sir John Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on polished red granite pedestal		Category A-listed
	King's Own Scottish Borderers Memorial	North Bridge	1906	William Birnie Rhind	Sculptural group	Stone		Category A-listed
	The Manuscript of Monte Cassino	Picardy Place	1991	Eduardo Paolozzi	Three part street sculpture	Bronze		—	Three part street sculpture outside St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral
	Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Picardy Place	1991	Gerald Ogilvie Laing	Statue (of Sherlock Holmes)	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal		—	Erected by the Federation of Master Builders to mark its 50th anniversary.
	Horse~Rider~Eagle	Silvermills	1996	Eoghan Bridge	Equestrian statue	Bronze		—	Commission by Cala Homes for housing development, ceremoniously opened by the actor, Robert Hardy in April 1997.
	Dreaming Spires	outside the Omni Centre, Greenside Place, Leith Walk	2005	Helen Denerley	Statues of giraffes	Recycled metal, painted		—	Unveiled 27 July 2005 by Julian Spalding.
	Lion of Scotland	St Andrew Square	2006	Ronald Rae	Sculpture	Red granite		—	Originally sited in Holyrood Park; moved to current location in 2010.
	James Clerk Maxwell	George Street	2006–8	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze statue and reliefs on ashlar pedestal		—	Unveiled 25 November 2008.

Old Town

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Charles II	Parliament Square	1685	The workshop of Grinling Gibbons	Equestrian statue	Lead statue on ashlar pedestal		Category A-listed	The pedestal is an 1835 replica of Robert Mylne's original.
	Alexander and Bucephalus	Courtyard of City Chambers, High Street	1829–33. Cast 1883.	Sir John Steell	Sculptural group	Bronze group on ashlar pedestal		Category A-listed	Unveiled 18 April 1884. Moved from St Andrew Square 1916
	Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade	1837	Thomas Campbell	Statue	Bronze (statue and pedestal)		Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group.
	78th Highlanders Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade	1861	Carver - S. Hunter Masonic work - Messrs Sutherland	Celtic cross	Dark stone		Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group.	Sir Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)
	Greyfriars Bobby Fountain	George IV Bridge, near Greyfriars Kirk	1873	William Brodie	Drinking fountain with statuette	Bronze (statuette and plaques); red granite (plinth and basins)		Category A-listed
	Monument to Colonel Douglas Mackenzie	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade	1875	Sir John Steell	Celtic cross	Dark stone cross on rubble plinth with red granite plaque		Category B-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group.
	72nd Highlanders Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade	1882–3	MacDonald, Field & Co.	Obelisk	Pink Peterhead granite and bronze		Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group.
	Queensberry Memorial to Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch	West Parliament Square	1885–8	Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal		Category A-listed	Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson
	William Chambers	Chambers Street	1888–91	John Rhind or William Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and reliefs), red sandstone (pedestal)		Category B-listed	Architect: Hippolyte Blanc
	John Knox	New College Quadrangle	1896	John Hutchison	Statue	Bronze (statue), red sandstone (pedestal)		Category C(S)-listed
	Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial	Edinburgh Castle Esplanade	1905–10	Stewart McGlashan and Son	Celtic cross	Pink granite		Category C(S)-listed. Part of Esplanade Category A-listed group.
	Black Watch Boer War Memorial	The Mound, corner of Market Street and North Bank Street	1908–10	William Birnie Rhind	Statue	Bronze (statue and relief), red granite (pedestal)		Category A-listed
	King Edward VII	Holyrood Palace forecourt	1922	Henry Snell Gamley	Statue	Bronze statue on stone pedestal		Part of Category A-listed group
	Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig	Hospital Square, Edinburgh Castle	1923	George Edward Wade	Equestrian statue	Bronze statue on rubble stone plinth		Category B-listed	Moved from Castle Esplanade 2011
	Robert the Bruce	Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse	1929	Thomas John Clapperton	Statue in niche	Bronze		Category A-listed (with gatehouse)	Erected to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Bruce's death. Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer.
	William Wallace	Edinburgh Castle Gatehouse	1929	Alexander Carrick	Statue in niche	Bronze		Category A-listed (with gatehouse)	Architect of the niche: Sir Robert Lorimer
	Covenanters’ Memorial	Grassmarket	1937		Raised circle in pavement	Red and grey granite setts		Category C(S)-listed
	David Hume	Outside Court House, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile	1995–7	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze		—
	Memorial to Susannah Alice Stephen	James’ Court, off Lawnmarket (Royal Mile)	2000	Frances Pelly	Sculpture on stepped plinth	Bronze		—
	Adam Smith	outside St Giles' Cathedral	2003–8	Alexander Stoddart	Statue	Bronze		—
	Robert Fergusson	outside the Kirk of the Canongate	2004	David Annand	Statue	Bronze		—
	James Braidwood	Parliament Square	2006–8	Kenny Mackay	Statue	Bronze		—
	Work No. 1059	Scotsman Steps	2011	Martin Creed	Installation	Marble		—

Princes Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Sir Walter Scott	Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens	1848 (installed)	Sir John Steell	Statue	Carrara marble		Category A-listed	Architect: George Meikle Kemp.
	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	General Register House, Princes Street	1848–52	Sir John Steell	Equestrian statue	Bronze (statue); red Aberdeen granite (pedestal)		Category A-listed	Architects: David Bryce and James Gowans.
	Allan Ramsay	West Princes Street Gardens	1850	Sir John Steell	Statue	Carrara marble		Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce (1865).
	The genius of architecture crowning the theory and practice of art	West Princes Street Gardens	1862	William Brodie	Sculptural group	Marble		Category B-listed
	Ross Fountain	West Princes Street Gardens	1862–72	Jean-Baptiste Klagmann	Fountain with sculptures	Gilt cast iron		Category A-listed	Architects: Peddie and Kinnear
	John Wilson	East Princes Street Gardens	1863–5	Sir John Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on ashlar plinth		Category A-listed	Architect: David Bryce.
	David Livingstone	East Princes Street Gardens	1875–6	Amelia Paton Hill	Statue	Bronze statue on stone plinth		Category A-listed
	Adam Black	East Princes Street Gardens	1876–7	John Hutchison	Statue	Bronze		Category A-listed
	Sir James Young Simpson	West Princes Street Gardens	1877	William Brodie	Statue	Bronze		Category B-listed
	Memorial to Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay	West Princes Street Gardens, behind the church of St John the Evangelist	1877–9	Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)	Celtic cross	Granite with bronze reliefs		Category A-listed (with church)
	Royal Scots Greys Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens	1906	William Birnie Rhind	Equestrian statue	Bronze statue on rock plinth		Category B-listed	Unveiled 16 November 1906 by the Earl of Rosebery.
	Thomas Guthrie	West Princes Street Gardens	1907–10	Frederick William Pomeroy	Statue	Portland stone statue and pedestal		Category B-listed
	Scots American War Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens	1923–7	Robert Tait McKenzie	Screen with relief and statue in front	Stone (screen and pedestal), bronze (reliefs and statue)		Category B-listed	Unveiled 7 September 1927. Architect: Reginald Fairlie.
	Royal Scots Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens	1948–52	Sir Frank Charles Mears et al.	Enclosure of standing stones	Stone with bronze plaques		Category B-listed	Unveiled 26 July 1952 by Princess Mary, Colonel in Chief of the Regiment.
	Norwegian War Memorial	West Princes Street Gardens	1978		Commemorative stone mounted on three smaller stones			—
	Memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson	West Princes Street Gardens	1987–9	Ian Hamilton Finlay	Standing stone set in a grove of birch trees	Flagstone		—	Unveiled 14 July 1989 by Dame Muriel Spark.
	Spanish Brigade Memorial	East Princes Street Gardens	1988		Commemorative stone			—
	Bum the Dog (of San Diego)	King's Stables Road Entrance	2008	Jessica McCain	Statue			—

Southside

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Middle Meadow Walk Gatepiers	Lauriston Place	1840s	Pillars - George Smith Unicorns - Alexander Handyside Ritchie	Pair of octagonal gatepiers (pillars) surmounted by unicorns	Stone		Category B-listed
	Melville Drive (east end) Ornamental Pillars	Melville Drive (east end)	1880	John Lessels	Pair of square pillars surmounted by heraldic beasts - lion on N, unicorn on S	Polished ashlar		Category B-listed	Presented to the City by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons.
	Memorial to Archbishop Archibald Tait	Old Medical School, Teviot Place	1884–5	Mario Raggi	Bust in columned niche	Bronze		Category A-listed (with Old Medical School)	Unveiled 27 February 1885. Marks the site of Tait′s birthplace.
	Brassfounders’ Pillar	Nicolson Square	1886	Sir James Gowans designed column. John Rhind sculptor of statuette	Statuette on pillar	Bronze statuette and column on granite base		Category B-listed	Commissioned for the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886 where it won a gold medal
	Masons’ Pillars	Melville Drive (west end)	1886	Sir James Gowans	Pair of octagonal pillars, surmounted by unicorns	Stone (from 17 different quarries)		Category B-listed. Part of B group with Sundial	Erected by the Master Builders and Operative Masons of Edinburgh and Leith as a permanent memento of the Edinburgh International Exhibition.
	Prince Albert Victor Sundial	West Meadows Park	1886	Sir James Gowans	Sundial. Octagonal shaft with bronze armillary sphere	Stone (from 10 different quarries)		Category B-listed. Part of B group with Masons' Pillars	Erected in commemoration of the opening of the Edinburgh International Exhibition on 6 May 1886 by Prince Albert Victor.
	McEwan Lantern Pillar	Bristo Square	c. 1890	Robert Rowand Anderson (architect)	Tapering tower with relief carving and lamp	Portland stone and cast iron		Category B-listed. Part of A group with McEwan Hall
	Rhinoceros head Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	William Darrell	Architectural sculpture	Bronze		—
	The Haynes Nano-stage Jim Haynes	Informatics Forum, corner of Crichton Street and Charles Street	2012 (unveiled)	David Forsyth	Sculpture	Stainless steel		—

West End

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville	Melville Crescent	1857	Sir John Steell	Statue	Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal		Category A-listed
	Memorial to William Ewart Gladstone	Coates Crescent Gardens	1902–16	James Pittendrigh Macgillivray	Statue with other sculptures	Bronze statues on granite pedestals		Category A-listed	Unveiled 18 January 1917 at St Andrew Square by the Earl of Rosebery. Moved to this, its original intended location, in 1955.
	Woman and Child	Festival Square, Lothian Road	1985–6	Anne Davidson	Sculptural group	Bronze		—	Unveiled 22 July 1986 by Suganya Chetty.
	Horse & Rider	Rutland Court	1993	Eoghan Bridge	Equestrian statue	Bronze		—	Commission by Baillie Gifford as part of Percent for art scheme

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	La Vierge d'Alsace (The Virgin of Alsace)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1919–21	Antoine Bourdelle	Statue	Bronze		—
	Reclining Figure	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	1951	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze (sculpture and pedestal)		—
	Master of the Universe	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	1989	Eduardo Paolozzi	Sculpture	Bronze		—
	Landform	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2001	Charles Jencks	Land art			—
	Macduff Circle	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two	2002	Richard Long	Land art	Slate		—
	6 Times (1st figure)	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One	2010	Antony Gormley	Statue			—

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